News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.
M ORRISVIILE,
RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Pastor. Services commence at 1915 An
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.--Rev. w. A
bushee' Pastor. Services commence atl0.45 A M
8 F. G. Fleetwood has resumed his
college course at Burlington.
- Audy Daniels and Winfield Smith
started for the West Tuesday.
II. II. Pervier has rented the ThorE
farm in the west part of the town.
The listers are fast completing their
work and every thing seems to be
i. going well.
We acknowledge the receipt of Wis
: consin papers from w. W. Raymore,
who is now located at Ashland.
l. Easter was appropriately observed
o at all the churches, the floral arrange
ments being elaborate and attractive.
Mrs. W. S. Cheney has been quite
i'll for several days, threatened with
pneumonia, but is somewhat improved
to-day.
L. L. Laraway has sold his place
at the Corners to w. 5. Cheney and
, purchased a farm of Cheney, located
in Wolcott.
F. B. Livingston has been confined
TO the house several days with a slow
fever. His many friends hope TO see
him out again soon.
George Currier has one of the
earliest sugar places in this vicinity,
and more than week ago had made
quite quantity of very nice sugar.
Bert NJ. Burke, son of Albert
Burke, died at his home with A. b.
Rand on Sunday. He has been in
poor health tor several years. He
died of consumption aged 10 years
Mrs. Elder Hall fell recently while
about her household duties and frac-
tured one of tue small bones of her
whist. Under the care of her son,
Dir. Hall, she is doing we'll.
The Reading Club will meet with
Miss Mary Boutwell, next Monday
evening, April Is. The exercises
will commence at 7.30, and all the
members are requested to come early.
The next meeting of the w. c. T.
Z. will be held with Mrs. G. A. Pat
ten on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 p.
m. Your presence IS solicited.
Attest, c. NJ. NILES, Sec.
Mrs. Whitney, step-mother of A.
F. Whitney, died at his residence on
Wednesday of last week, after long
and painful illness. The funeral SER
vices were held at the house cond uct-
ed by Elder Hall.
The new fire engine has arrived and |
will speak for itself Friday afternoon
at o'clock, when an exhibition of its |
merits will take place. There will be |
fire alarm. but we trust no fire, 50
don't be alarmed. Parties who have |
donned their new spring suits are re-
quested TO arrange themselves in a |
line within 80 feet of the nozzle.
We add nine new subscribers this
week and discontinue two. We
average three new ones for every
Two we lose throughout the year.
This patronage is appreciated and we
make our bow for it. Next weeks
edition of the News AND CITIZEN will
be over eight thousand copies. Ad-
vertisers will do well to bear this fact
in mind, and if space is wanted, APP
ply for it early. We calculate to lead
the Argns and Patriot in circulation
at least once year, and in all Other
respects, every week.
E. B. Merriam and family have
been in town the past week. They
stI ,x.l,, I
house and locating with as. We GER
tainly wish they might do so. Mr..
Merriam Is a man of excellent bust
ness qualifications and we should be
glad to see him established here. 1t
is said he made a liberal offer for the
Miles corner, and if he had been able
TO purchase it would have put up a
fine three story block on the corner.
We yet hope he may find satistacto-
ry business location here. Our viii
lage is thrifty and growing and there
is room for more. The larger our
business facilities the more patronage
we get from outside.
Mrs. A. D. Thomas met with apain-
full accident while returning from
Stowe recently. Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as had spent the day there and were
passing the Loyejoy place when, as
they pitched into cradle hole, Mrs.
Thomas slipped from the seat and
struck upon a piece of ice in the road,
| fracturing the hip bone. Andrew
Smith was Just back of them with -.
double sleigh, returning from Stowe
with Mai. Alden, of the we'll known
firm of Woodman, True & Co. The
Major threw out his trunks in manly
fashion, the neighbors furnished them
with mattress and clothing, Smith
took the reins (and he knows well
how to handle them) and Mrs. Thorn
as was brought quickly and safely to
her home here, and was attended by
Drs. Hall and Holbrook. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Thomas feel very grateful to all
who so promptly and kindly offered
their assistance in the unfortunate
emergency. Mrs. Thomas is now
doing as well as could be expected.
A STRIKE.-Morrisvil has had
little strike of its own. The hands
employed at the bakery went out in a
body Monday. They demanded
raise in wages, but the proprietors
could not see it that way, and the
strike was ordered. The company
decline conference with the men I'M
less they come individually, refusing
to recognize them as an organization.
Applications are coming in from all
parts of the country for the strikers
: places, and sufficient force is now
employed to keep business moving
right along at the company's works.
, No serious consequences are appre-
hended, though as a precautionary
, measure a special force of police will
be stationed about the company's
} works for a short time. The Mayor
, of Brooklyn was applied to yesterday
! and he promptly sent over large
t force of police, accompanied by Sher-
/ if Hardy. We might say here that
4 it is the first time Mr.. Hardy has
/ crossed the bridge on foot during the
/ winter. Chief of Police Jackson has
charge of the regular city force. Thus
0 far The strikers have been very orderly
: and 70 deeds of violence committed